There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.

“I love to move like a mouse inside this puzzle for the body, balancing the wish to be lost with the need to be found.”

“Do not wait until the near end of your life to realize that you have not fully lived to love.”

“If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers...”

“Farewell is said by the living, in life, every day. It is said with love and friendship, with the affirmation that the memories are lasting if the flesh is not.”

“God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.”

“And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.”

Writers are great lovers. They fall in love with other writers. That's how they learn to write. They take on a writer, read everything by him or her, read it over again until they understand how the writer moves, pauses, and sees. That's what being a lover is: stepping out of yourself, stepping into someone else's skin.

“I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive influence on their lives and the lives of their young daughters. That's a great feeling.”

“For the past 12 years my life has been travelling and living away from the ones I love, and now I live in New York.”